At GentleParenting our aim is to empower parents to feel supported, confident and inspired at every step of their parenting journey. We believe in empathic, respectful and compassionate parenting at all stages, whether you are growing the roots of attachment with a newborn or fostering wings of independence with a teen.

GentleParenting is a website with ethics, written by experts you can trust.

Our aim is to provide information for parents that is as evidence based as possible and always in the best interest of the child, as well as greater society. Our experts are some of the most respected in their field from world renowned parenting authors to midwives, GPs and Psychologists.

We believe that all parents and children should be treated with respect.

We focus on empathic, compassionate parenting because we know how important childhood is and how far reaching and long lasting the effects of the way that we raise our children can be. Gentle Parenting is all about making the most of today whilst also being mindful of tomorrow and the long term effects of our parenting.

We may be small but with your help we think we can make a big difference.

Our site is for all parents, male or female, whatever their ethnicity. No matter how they feed their baby, whether they use a buggy or a sling, whether they use a cot or bed-share, whether they birth at home or in hospital and whether they are pregnant with their first child or have a brood of six children. We aim to be as inclusive as possible.

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Latest & Featured Articles

Secondary Infertility

When you’re already a parent, you don’t expect to have difficulty getting pregnant but at least one in ten parents will find it hard to conceive again. It’s a subject that is rarely discussed and it often comes as a real shock to parents to discover that they are experiencing what is known as secondary infertility.

Rhesus Factor and Anti-D Prophylaxis

Anti-D is given as an injection and is made from blood plasma collected from blood donors. It works by destroying any rhesus positive blood from the baby present in the mother's circulation before she can make her own antibodies, hence why it is important that it is administered promptly, within 72 hours, of any suspected potentially sensitising event.

VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean)

Most couples, regardless of whether they’ve had a baby before or not, have some concerns about labour and birth, of course. Those planning a VBAC often have increased anxiety and doubts.
The flag that’s raised is concern over uterine rupture. It’s worth quickly mentioning that this can happen at any birth, and the risk is increased if syntocinon...

Latest & Featured Articles

Controlled Crying – History & Evidence

whilst many parents report more unbroken sleep at night after three or four nights of sleep training, research has not found any long lasting positive effects. Indeed many parents report significant sleep regressions several months after trying the technique and experiencing initial positive effects.

A Mother’s Account of Why She Believes in Gentle Parenting

Why do I believe in gentle parenting? Because I have been lucky enough to reap the benefits of the seeds I have sewn and there is no greater feeling that realizing you have helped mould a human being you would be proud and honoured to know, even if she wasn’t your child.

The Importance of Playful Parenting

Playful Parenting helps with the toughest aspects of parenting: tantruming toddlers, biting preschoolers, anxious third-graders, out-of-control preteens. Playfulness resolves our battles over getting dressed and ready in the morning, soothes our frazzled nerves at the end of a long day, and restores family harmony.